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GPA/MOD/JPN/66 
14 February 2012 
 (12-0862) 
Committee on Government Procurement  
  
 
PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO APPENDIX I OF JAPAN  
 
Communication from Japan pursuant to Article XXIV:6(a)
1 of the GPA 
  
 The following communication, dated 13 February 2012, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Japan.  
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1. Pursuant to Article XXIV, pa ragraph 6(a) of the Agreemen t on Government Procurement 
(hereinafter "the Agreement"), the Governme nt of Japan hereby notifies the Committee on 
Government Procurement of the following modificati ons of a purely formal nature relating to its 
Annex 1 of Appendix I of the Agreement: 
Annex 1 
 
 - Add "Reconstruction Agency" to " List of Entities " and " List of Entities which procure 
the services, specified in Annex 4 ". 
 
2. The above modifications are the result of the following: 
 The Reconstruction Agency was established in the Cabinet on 10 February 2012, in 
accordance with relevant national laws regarding the establishment of the Agency, to support the 
Cabinet's duties and to expedite administrative works with regards to the reconstruction in response to 
the Great East Japan Earthquake. 
 
 These modifications do not alter the level of th e mutually agreed coverage provided in the 
Agreement.  3. In accordance with the provision of Article 21 of the Law establishing the Reconstruction 
Agency, the Reconstruction Agency will be abo lished no later than 31 March 2022, under a separate 
law to be enacted.  With the entry into force of the law, the Reconstruction Agency will be 
automatically deleted from Japan's Annex 1 of Appendix I of the Agreement. 
                                                      
1 Article XXIV:6(a) reads as follows:  Rectifications or Modifications   (a) Rectifications, transfers of 
an entity from one Annex to another or, in exceptiona l cases, other modifications relating to Appendices I 
through IV shall be notified to the Committee, along with information as to the likely consequences of the 
change for the mutually agreed coverage provided in this  Agreement.  If the rectifi cations, transfers or other 
modifications are of a purely formal or minor nature, th ey shall become effective pr ovided there is no objection 
within 30 days.  In other cases, the Chairman of the Committee shall promptly convene a meeting of the 
Committee.  The Committee shall consider the proposal and any claim for compensato ry adjustments, with a 
view to maintaining a balance of rights and obligations and a comparable level of mutually agreed coverage provided in this Agreement prior to such notification.  In the event of agreement not being reached, the matter 
may be pursued in accordance with th e provisions contained in Article XXII
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  4. Attachment A to this document shows the modi fications that Japan proposes, based on this 
notification, to the corresponding page of Annex 1 (p age 1/3) of Appendix I.  Attachment B indicates 
how this page would appear after the proposed modi fications, based on this notification, have been 
made.
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2 Attachments A and B are in English only. GPA/MOD/JPN/66 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 1 Page 1/3
 
 
2 March 2010 (WT/Let/670)  ATTACHMENT A 
 
JAPAN 
 
(Authentic in the English language only) 
 
 
ANNEX 1 
 
Central Government Entities wh ich Procure in Accordance 
with the Provisions of this Agreement  
 
 
Supplies  
 
Threshold : 
 130 thousand SDR 
 
List of Entities : 
 
All entities covered by the Accounts Law as 
follows:  
- House of Representatives 
- House of Councillors - Supreme Court 
- Board of Audit 
- Cabinet - National Personnel Authority 
- Cabinet Office 
- Reconstruction Agency 
- Imperial Household Agency 
- National Public Safety Commission 
 (National Police Agency) 
- Financial Services Agency 
- Consumer Affairs Agency - Ministry of Internal Affairs and
 Communications 
- Ministry of Justice - Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
- Ministry of Finance 
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science  and Technology 
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare 
 - Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 
- Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry 
- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and 
Tourism 
- Ministry of Environment 
- Ministry of Defense 
 
Services  
 
Threshold : 
 
Construction services :  4,500 thousand SDR 
 Architectural, engineering and other technical 
services covered by this Agreement:   
450 thousand SDR  
Other services :  130 thousand SDR 
 List of Entities which procure the services, 
specified in Annex 4 : 
 
All entities covered by the Accounts Law as 
follows:  
- House of Representatives 
- House of Councillors - Supreme Court 
- Board of Audit 
- Cabinet - National Personnel Authority 
- Cabinet Office 
- Reconstruction Agency 
- Imperial Household Agency 
- National Public Safety Commission 
 (National Police Agency) 
 
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APPENDIX I JAPAN  ANNEX 1 Page 1/3
 
 
... 2012 (WT/Let/...)  ATTACHMENT B 
 
JAPAN 
 
(Authentic in the English language only) 
 
 
ANNEX 1 
 
Central Government Entities wh ich Procure in Accordance 
with the Provisions of this Agreement  
 
 
 
Supplies  
 
Threshold : 
 130 thousand SDR 
 
List of Entities : 
 
All entities covered by the Accounts Law as 
follows: 
 
- House of Representatives - House of Councillors 
- Supreme Court 
- Board of Audit - Cabinet 
- National Personnel Authority 
- Cabinet Office - Reconstruction Agency 
- Imperial Household Agency 
- National Public Safety Commission  (National Police Agency) 
- Financial Services Agency 
- Consumer Affairs Agency - Ministry of Internal Affairs and
 Communications 
- Ministry of Justice - Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
- Ministry of Finance 
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science 
 and Technology 
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare  - Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 
- Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry 
- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and 
Tourism 
- Ministry of Environment 
- Ministry of Defense 
 
Services  
 
Threshold : 
 
Construction services :  4,500 thousand SDR 
 
Architectural, engineering and other technical 
services covered by this Agreement:   450 thousand SDR 
 
Other services :  130 thousand SDR 
 
List of Entities which procure the services, 
specified in Annex 4 : 
 
All entities covered by the Accounts Law as 
follows:  
- House of Representatives 
- House of Councillors - Supreme Court 
- Board of Audit 
- Cabinet 
- National Personnel Authority 
- Cabinet Office - Reconstruction Agency 
- Imperial Household Agency 
- National Public Safety Commission  (National Police Agency) 
 
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